DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH UPPSALA UNIVERSITY RESEARCH AND RESEARCH- RELATED ACTIVITIES 2012 Edited by Åke Eriksson UPPSALA UNIVERSITY Department of English P.O. Box 527 SE-751 20 UPPSALA Phone: +46 18 471 12 46 Fax: +46 18 471 12 29 E-mail: [email protected] Web-address: www.engelska.uu.se 2 PREFACE English Studies at Uppsala University English language and literature have been studied at Uppsala University since 1736, when Andreas Hesselius was appointed tutor in the subject. Today there are three chairs: the Chair in English Language was established in 1904, the Chair in English Literature in 1948, and the Chair in American Literature in 1968. The Department also includes a Celtic Section, which grew out of the Irish Institute that was set up in 1950. Between 1941 and 1948 there was a research professorship in Celtic Languages and Comparative Indo-European Linguistics. In 2003 The Swedish Institute for North American Studies (SINAS, established in 1985) became part of the Department of English. A more detailed account of the history of English at Uppsala University can be found in Acta Universitatis Upsaliensis, Uppsala University 500 Years, 6 (1976) and in Kungl. Humanistiska Vetenskaps-Samfundet i Uppsala, Årsbok 2000. 3 CONTENTS PREFACE .................................................................................................................................... 3 CONTENTS ................................................................................................................................. 5 THE DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH .......................................................................................... 7 Administration .......................................................................................................................... 7 Professors ................................................................................................................................. 7 Postdoctoral Research Fellow .................................................................................................. 7 Docents/Senior Lecturers ......................................................................................................... 7 Lecturers ................................................................................................................................... 8 Researchers ............................................................................................................................... 8 Professors Emeriti .................................................................................................................... 8 Doctoral Students ..................................................................................................................... 9 DOCTORAL DEGREES CONFERRED .................................................................................. 10 LICENTIATE DEGREES CONFERRED ................................................................................. 10 D-LEVEL AND MASTER THESES ......................................................................................... 10 English Language ................................................................................................................... 10 English Literature ................................................................................................................... 10 American Literature................................................................................................................ 11 SCHOLARLY LECTURES/EVENTS 2012 ............................................................................. 12 VISITING FACULTY EXAMINERS 2012 .............................................................................. 15 EXTERNALLY FUNDED PROJECTS .................................................................................... 15 PARTICIPATION IN CONFERENCES AND SYMPOSIA ..................................................... 16 CURRENT RESEARCH/PUBLICATIONS .............................................................................. 19 English Language ................................................................................................................... 19 English Literature ................................................................................................................... 24 American Literature................................................................................................................ 28 The Celtic Section .................................................................................................................. 32 The Swedish Institute for North American Studies ................................................................ 34 OTHER ACTIVITIES ................................................................................................................ 35 Serving as an Expert in Filling Posts ..................................................................................... 35 Serving on Examination Committees for Dissertations and Docentships .............................. 35 Serving as an Expert for Grant Committees ........................................................................... 35 Members of Learned Societies ............................................................................................... 35 Outreach: Lectures and Media Appearances .......................................................................... 36 Other Assignments ................................................................................................................. 37 Editing, Reading, Consultation .............................................................................................. 37 5 THE DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH Administration Chair: Merja Kytö, FD Deputy Chair: Angela Falk PhD Director of Undergraduate Studies: Pia Norell, FD Director of Post-Graduate Studies: Dag Blanck, FD Director of the Celtic Section: Gordon Ó Riain, PhD, to June 30, 2012; Niamh Ní Shiadhail, PhD, from August 1, 2012 Director of The Swedish Institute for North American Studies (SINAS): Erik Åsard, FD, to June 30, 2012; Dag Blanck, FD, from July 1, 2012 Study Counsellor: Alexander Ringholm, MA, to June 29, 2012; Ellen Matlok-Ziemann, FD Public Relations Officer: Alexander Ringholm, MA, from July 1, 2012 Senior Administrative Director: Ruth Hvidberg, FK Course Administrator: Åke Eriksson, FD Professors Appelbaum, Robert, Professor of English Literature 2011 Björk, Ulf Jonas, PhD, Fulbright Distinguished Chair in American Studies, to June 30, 2012 Fjellestad, Danuta, Professor of American Literature 2007 Hegeman, Susan, PhD, Fulbright Distinguished Chair in American Studies, from July 1, 2012 Kytö, Merja, Professor of English Language 1996 Åsard, Erik, Professor of American Studies, SINAS 2007, to June 30, 2012 Postdoctoral Research Fellow Garretson, Gregory, PhD, English Language, from July 1, 2011 Hartman, Steven, FD, American Literature, to August 31, 2012 Docents/Senior Lecturers Blanck, Dag, FD, Docent, SINAS Donovan, Stephen, PhD, Docent, English Literature (leave of absence) Falk, Angela, PhD, English Language Floyd, Daniel, PhD, English Literature to June 30, 2012 Geisler, Christer, FD, Docent, English Language Gustawsson, Elisabeth, FD, English Language Harris, Ashleigh, PhD, English Literature Herion Sarafidis, Elisabeth, FD, American Literature Johansson, Christine, FD, English Language Jørgensen, Anders, PhD, Celtic Languages from August 1, 2012 Larsson, Christer, FD, ESP, English Literature, from July 1, 2012 Ludwigs, Marina, PhD, from July 1, 2012 Manning, Gerald, FD, Celtic Studies, to August 7, 2012 Nilsson, Johan, FD, from August 1, 2012 Niamh Ní Shiadhail, FD, Celtic Studies, from August 1, 2012 Norell, Pia, FD, English Language Ó Riain, Gordon, PhD, Celtic Studies to July 31, 2012 7 Robertson, Stuart, PhD, English Literature Shima, Alan, FD, Docent, American Literature Tydal, Fredrik, FD, American Literature, to June 30, 2012 Watson, David, PhD, Docent, American Literature Watz, Anna, FD, English Literature Lecturers Aplin Roos, Roberta, BA, Dip Ed, to June 30, 2012 Borgström, Anna, FK (temporary) Grimshaw, Benjamin, from August 1, 2012 Mackay, Christine, FM Nilsson, Sarah, MA Ogden, Daniel, BA, FK, to June 30, 2012 Otterstedt, Per, FK Vale, Mika, MA Researchers Smitterberg, Erik, FD, Docent, English Language Professors Emeriti Fryckstedt, Monica, English Literature 1997 Fryckstedt, Olov, American Literature 1968 Jacobson, Sven, English Language 1986 Lundén, Rolf, American Literature 1986 Rydén, Mats, English Language 1989 Sorelius, Gunnar, English Literature 1974 8 Doctoral Students English Language Spring Autumn Position at Department Jonsson, Ewa 83% 100% private funding/doctoral fellowship Kaatari, Henrik 100% 100% doctoral fellowship/grant Long, Edward 0% 80% doctoral fellowship Rönnerdal, Göran 80% 50% private funding Wang, Ying 100% 100% grant English Literature Dahlin, Heli 95% 100% doctoral fellowship/grant Högberg, Elsa 100% 50% private funding/employed as lecturer Johannmeyer, Anke 100% 100% doctoral fellowship Jones, Michael 100% 100% doctoral grant/fellowship Ogden, Daniel 20% 60% employed as lecturer/private funding Qutait, Tasnim 100% 100% doctoral grant Watz, Anna 100% grant American Literature Borgström, Anna 60% private funding Franzetti, Sindija 100% 100% doctoral grant Haevens, Gwendolyn 100% 0% doctoral fellowship Jewell, Arwen 100% 100% doctoral fellowship Jönsson, Ola 100% 100% doctoral fellowship/grant Palmer, Ryan 100% 100% doctoral grant Pejković, Alan 50% 30% private